I love baking but before Christmas it is perfect for making you feel festive. This gingerbread recipe is a classic and you can decorate them however you want and have some fun.
You will need:
175g of plain
flour ½ tsp of bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp of ground
ginger 50g of butter
87g of soft brown
sugar 2 tbsp honey (or golden syrup)
1 small egg
Firstly, you
should sift all the dry ingredients, flour, bicarbonate of soda and ground
ginger, into a large bowl. Cut the butter into cubes and rub into the flour
until it resembles breadcrumbs.
If you are having
trouble make your hands cooler by running them under the cold tap and it should
make the mixture easier to work with.
Next add the sugar
to the bowl and mix well.
Warm the honey, a
few seconds in the microwave should do it, and pour it into the bowl along with
the beaten egg. Continue mixing until they are well combined.
You should then
transfer the dough onto a clean, floured surface and knead it for a few
minutes. The dough should be smooth and pliable.
Roll out the
mixture to about half a cm thick. Keep the dough and rolling pin floured so it
doesn’t stick.
Then, fun part,
cut out the shapes. I choose some festive stockings but you can use anything
you can get your hands on. Even basic circles will look just as effective once
decorated.
Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180℃ for 10-12 minutes – I like to keep an eye on mine incase they brown quicker than expected.
Finally add some decoration to make them extra effected. I used a little using to stick on these snowflakes and sprinkles. I’ve found B&M always have a good selection of baking decorations so pick up something you like.
Check out what I baked for Christmas Day last year - Orange and Chocolate Tart
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